How to Manage Your Photos the Right Way

Taking photos of everyday moments has become the norm, especially with the quality of images that today’s smartphones can produce. You no longer have to bring a DSLR or a mirrorless camera everywhere just to be able to snap important moments in your life. In fact, we take so many photos every day that managing them becomes a challenge.

When was the last time you had to empty your phone because the internal storage was full of photos? Where did you store the photos you had to offload? Can you find photos from a particular day or moment easily? It is easy to see how managing hundreds of photos can be a challenge, and the tips we are about to discuss will help you organize your photos better.

Photos in the Cloud

One of the first things you want to do when you love taking lots of pictures is to use a cloud service to store those photos. Services like Apple’s iCloud and Google Photos offer more than just storage space for the pictures you take.

Features such as facial recognition and search can be crucial. They certainly make finding photos from ages ago much easier. In the case of Google Photos, you can even search for specific keywords and Google’s image recognition algorithm will try to find the photo you are looking for.

Offline Backups

Uploading photos to the cloud is convenient only when you have good – and unlimited – internet connection. When you take a lot of photos, the cloud upload process will take much longer than anticipated. This is where having an offline archive of your photos comes in handy.

Pick up an external drive and start organizing photos from your phone and other sources into folders that you can easily search. You can organize photos based on days, moments, and other tags that you can search later.

Keep Them Safe

Safeguarding your photos is just as important. Aside from the risk of losing your photos due to accidental deletion and hard drive failure, you also need to keep the photos safe from prying eyes and those who should not see them.

Use Tags

The latest version of both macOS and Windows 10 allows you to add tags and other information to stored photos. When you have the time, go through the hundreds of photos you have gathered over the years and tag the ones you like the most.

This is a time-consuming process, yes, but it is also a lot of fun. As you go through your photos, you’ll remember the moments; moments like when you surprised your spouse with a dinner date can put a smile on your face indeed.

The better you organize your photos, the safer you can keep them for a long period of time, and the more memories you can remember in the future. With these simple tips in mind, organizing your photos is definitely easier.